(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Failure to follow call off procedures A11 - Leaving assigned work area without permission creating a danger to persons or property B2 - , loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons or property C11 - an employee D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 6/8/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Enrique Hidalgo of Northern State Prison was mandated to work a second shift on a specific unit and went to his ordered post. When he was relieved for his meal break, Hidalgo exited the facility and abandoned his post without alerting supervisory staff, failed to report to medical, did not fill out the required early release forms, and did not follow proper call off procedures. He signed a settlement for a 30-day suspension on 3/10/25.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 6/8/25, Northern State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Enrique Hidalgo was notified by the Operations Unit that he was mandated to work 2nd shift on a specific unit. SCPO. Hidalgo acknowledged the assignment and went to his ordered post. When he was relieved for his meal break, he exited the facility and abandoned his post by not alerting any supervisory staff of his whereabouts. SCPO Hidalgo failed to report to medical, fill out the required forms necessary for early release, and did not follow proper call off procedures. SCPO Hidalgo signed a settlement for a 30-day suspension on 3/10/25.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 645. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213257, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩